How To Install qemu-kvm-block-curl on CentOS 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install qemu-kvm-block-curl on CentOS 8. qemu-kvm-block-curl is QEMU CURL block driver

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install qemu-kvm-block-curl on CentOS 8.

What is qemu-kvm-block-curl

This package provides the additional CURL block driver for QEMU. Install this package if you want to access remote disks over http, https, ftp and other transports provided by the CURL library.

We can use yum or dnf to install qemu-kvm-block-curl on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install qemu-kvm-block-curl.

Install qemu-kvm-block-curl on CentOS 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

After updating yum database, We can install qemu-kvm-block-curl using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install qemu-kvm-block-curl

Install qemu-kvm-block-curl on CentOS 8 Using dnf

If you don’t have dnf installed you can install DNF on CentOS 7 first. Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache

After updating yum database, We can install qemu-kvm-block-curl using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install qemu-kvm-block-curl

How To Uninstall qemu-kvm-block-curl on CentOS 8

To uninstall only the qemu-kvm-block-curl package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove qemu-kvm-block-curl

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install qemu-kvm-block-curl on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.